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5353 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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5555 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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5757 SENATE BILL 151 By: Mann
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6363 AS INTRODUCED
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6565 An Act relating to cities and towns; creating the
6666 Oklahoma Neighborhood Revitalization Act; providing
6767 short title; creating the Oklahoma Ne ighborhood
6868 Revitalization Fund; providing for expenditures;
6969 prescribing procedures for applications by certain
7070 municipalities; requiring matching funds amount;
7171 prescribing purpose of allocated funds; providing for
7272 review of applications by the Oklahoma Department of
7373 Commerce; amending 68 O.S. 2021, Section 1353, as
7474 last amended by Section 4, Chapter 441, O.S.L. 2024
7575 (68 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 1353), which relates to
7676 apportionment of revenue ; requiring certain
7777 apportionment; updating statutory references;
7878 providing for noncodification; providing for
7979 codification; providing an effective date; and
8080 declaring an emergency .
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8585 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
8686 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
8787 codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
8888 This act shall be known an d may be cited as the “Oklahoma
8989 Neighborhood Revitalization Act ”.
9090 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
9191 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Secti on 38-124 of Title 11, unless there
9292 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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144144 There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund
145145 for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to be designated the
146146 “Oklahoma Neighborhood Revitalization F und”. The fund shall be a
147147 continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitat ions, and shall
148148 consist of all monies received by the Oklahoma Department of
149149 Commerce from the apportionment of sales tax prescribed by
150150 subsection E of Section 1353 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes
151151 and provided for the purpose of implementing Section 3 of this act .
152152 All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby
153153 appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma
154154 Department of Commerce for the purpose provided for in this act.
155155 Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants i ssued by the
156156 State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the
157157 Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for
158158 approval and payment.
159159 SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
160160 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 38 -125 of Title 11, unless there
161161 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
162162 A. The monies in the Oklahoma Neighborhood Revitalization Fun d
163163 shall be allocated by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce only to
164164 municipalities having a population of less than twenty -five thousand
165165 (25,000) persons according to the latest Federal Decennial Census
166166 for improvements to sidewalks, street lighting, signa ge, roadside
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218218 beautification, and other improvements that have a positive impact
219219 on the aesthetic character of the municipality.
220220 B. A municipality seeking funds for distribution pursuant to
221221 the provisions of Section 2 of this act shall make application to
222222 the Oklahoma Department of Commerce on such forms as may be
223223 prescribed by the Department for such purpose. The initial
224224 application shall be filed not later than May 1, 2026.
225225 C. A municipality shall be required to provide twenty percent
226226 (20%) of the total project costs in order to be eligible for
227227 distribution of funds from the Oklahoma Neighborhood Revitalization
228228 Fund.
229229 D. The Department shall not consider any project that has a
230230 total project cost exceeding Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
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232232 E. The Department shall review applications in the order in
233233 which they are receiv ed and shall distribute funds based on analysis
234234 of considerations of such factors as the Department may determine to
235235 be relevant. The initial distribution of funds shall take pl ace not
236236 later than October 1, 2026. The Department shall transfer the
237237 approved funds to the municipality for deposit into the municipal
238238 general fund or such other public fund as the municipality shall
239239 specify in its application.
240240 F. Funds distributed purs uant to the provisions of this section
241241 shall only be used by a municipality fo r the purposes provided in
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293293 subsection A of this section and shall not be used for any other
294294 purpose.
295295 G. No municipality may be awarded more than one project under
296296 the provisions of this section within a single fiscal year.
297297 SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 68 O.S. 2021, Section 1353, as
298298 last amended by Section 4, Chapter 441, O.S.L. 2024 (68 O.S. Supp.
299299 2024, Section 1353), is amended to read as follows:
300300 Section 1353. A. It is hereby declared to be the purpose of
301301 the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code to provide funds for the financing of
302302 the program provided for by the Oklahoma Social Security Act and to
303303 provide revenues for the support of the functions of the state
304304 government of Oklahoma, and for this purpose it is hereby expressly
305305 provided that, revenues derived pursuant to the provisions of the
306306 Oklahoma Sales Tax Code, subject to the apportionment requirements
307307 for the Oklahoma Tax Commission and Office of Management and
308308 Enterprise Services Joint Computer Enhancement Fund provided by
309309 Section 265 of this title, and further subject to the apportionment
310310 requirement provided in subsection subsections D and E of this
311311 section, shall be apportioned as follows:
312312 1. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, the
313313 following amounts shall be paid to the State Treasurer to be placed
314314 to the credit of the General Revenue Fund to be paid out pursuant to
315315 direct appropriation by the Legislature:
316316 Fiscal Year Amount
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368368 FY 2003 and FY 2004 86.04%
369369 FY 2005 85.83%
370370 FY 2006 85.54%
371371 FY 2007 85.04%
372372 FY 2008 through FY 2022 83.61%
373373 FY 2023 through FY 2027 83.36%
374374 FY 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter 83.61%;
375375 2. The following amounts shall be paid to the State Treasurer
376376 to be placed to the credit of th e Education Reform Revolving Fund of
377377 the State Department of Education:
378378 a. for FY 2003, FY 2004 and FY 2005, ten and forty -two
379379 one-hundredths percent (10.42%),
380380 b. for FY 2006 through FY 2020, ten and forty -six one-
381381 hundredths percent (10.46%),
382382 c. for FY 2021:
383383 (1) for the month beginning July 1, 2020, through the
384384 month ending August 3 1, 2020, ten and forty -six
385385 one-hundredths percent (10.46%), and
386386 (2) for the month beginning September 1, 2020,
387387 through the month ending June 30, 2021, eleven
388388 and ninety-six one-hundredths percent (11.96%),
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390390 d. for FY 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter, ten and
391391 forty-six one-hundredths percent (10.46%);
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443443 3. The following amounts shall be paid to the State Treasurer
444444 to be placed to the credit of the Teachers ’ Retirement System
445445 Dedicated Revenue Revolving Fund:
446446 Fiscal Year Amount
447447 FY 2003 and FY 2004 3.54%
448448 FY 2005 3.75%
449449 FY 2006 4.0%
450450 FY 2007 4.5%
451451 FY 2008 through FY 2020 5.0%
452452 FY 2021:
453453 a. for the month beginning July
454454 1, 2020, through the month
455455 ending August 31, 2020 5.0%
456456 b. for the month beginning
457457 September 1, 2020, through
458458 the month ending June 30,
459459 2021 3.5%
460460 FY 2022 5.0%
461461 FY 2023 through FY 2027 5.25%
462462 FY 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter 5.0%;
463463 4. a. except as otherwise provided in subparagraph b of this
464464 paragraph, for the fiscal ye ar beginning July 1, 2022,
465465 and for each fiscal year thereafter, eighty -seven one-
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517517 hundredths percent (0.87%) shall be paid to the State
518518 Treasurer to be further apportioned as follows:
519519 (1) twenty-four percent (24%) shall be placed to the
520520 credit of the Oklaho ma Tourism Promotion
521521 Revolving Fund, but in no event shall such
522522 apportionment exceed Five Million Dollars
523523 ($5,000,000.00) in any fiscal year,
524524 (2) forty-four percent (44%) shall be placed to the
525525 credit of the Oklahoma Tourism Capital
526526 Improvement Revolving F und, but in no event shall
527527 such apportionment exceed Nine Million Dollars
528528 ($9,000,000.00) in any fiscal year, and
529529 (3) thirty-two percent (32%) shall be placed to the
530530 credit of the Oklahoma Route 66 Commission
531531 Revolving Fund, but in no event shall such
532532 apportionment exceed Six Million Six Hundred
533533 Thousand Dollars ($6,600,000.00) in any fiscal
534534 year, and
535535 b. any amounts which exceed the limitations of
536536 subparagraph a of this paragraph shall be placed to
537537 the credit of the General Revenue Fund; and
538538 5. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and for each
539539 fiscal year thereafter, six one -hundredths percent (0.06%) shall be
540540 placed to the credit of the Oklahoma Historical Society Capital
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592592 Improvement and Operations Revolving Fund, but in no event shall
593593 such apportionment exceed the total amount apportioned pursuant to
594594 this paragraph for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2015. Any
595595 amounts which exceed the limitations of this paragraph shall be
596596 placed to the credit of the General Revenue Fund.
597597 B. Provided, for the f iscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and
598598 every fiscal year thereafter, an amount of revenue shall be
599599 apportioned to each municipality or county which levies a sales tax
600600 subject to the provisions of Section 1357.10 of this title and
601601 subsection F of Section 27 01 of this title equal to the amount of
602602 sales tax revenue of such municipality or county exempted by the
603603 provisions of Section 1357.10 of this title and subsection F of
604604 Section 2701 of this title. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall
605605 promulgate and adopt rul es necessary to implement the provisions of
606606 this subsection.
607607 C. From the monies that would otherwise be apportioned to the
608608 General Revenue Fund pursuant to subsection A of this section, there
609609 shall be apportioned the following amounts:
610610 1. For the month ending August 31, 2019:
611611 a. Nine Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars
612612 ($9,600,000.00) to the credit of the State Highway
613613 Construction and Maintenance Fund created in Section
614614 1501 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and
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666666 b. Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00 ) to the credit of
667667 the Oklahoma Railroad Maintenance Revolving Fund
668668 created in Section 309 of Title 66 of the Oklahoma
669669 Statutes;
670670 2. For the month ending September 30, 2019:
671671 a. Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) to the credit
672672 of the State Highway Cons truction and Maintenance Fund
673673 created in Section 1501 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma
674674 Statutes, and
675675 b. Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) to the credit of
676676 the Oklahoma Railroad Maintenance Revolving Fund
677677 created in Section 309 of Title 66 of the Oklahoma
678678 Statutes;
679679 3. For the month ending October 31, 2019:
680680 a. Twenty Million Dollars ($2 0,000,000.00) to the credit
681681 of the State Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund
682682 created in Section 1501 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma
683683 Statutes, and
684684 b. Two Million Dollars ($2,00 0,000.00) to the credit of
685685 the Oklahoma Railroad Maintenance Revolving Fund
686686 created in Section 309 of Title 66 of the Oklahoma
687687 Statutes;
688688 4. For the month ending November 30, 2019:
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740740 a. Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) to the credit
741741 of the State Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund
742742 created in Section 1501 of Title 69 of th e Oklahoma
743743 Statutes, and
744744 b. Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) to the credit of
745745 the Oklahoma Railroad Maintenance Revolving Fund
746746 created in Section 309 of Title 66 of the Oklaho ma
747747 Statutes; and
748748 5. For the month ending December 31, 2019:
749749 a. Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) to the credit
750750 of the State Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund
751751 created in Section 1501 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma
752752 Statutes, and
753753 b. Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) to the credit of
754754 the Oklahoma Railroad Maintenance Revol ving Fund
755755 created in Section 309 of Title 66 of the Oklahoma
756756 Statutes.
757757 D. For fiscal year 2029, and each subsequent fiscal year, Fifty
758758 Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00) shall be placed to the credit of
759759 the Oklahoma Capital Assets Maintenance and Protection Fund created
760760 in Section 2 188B of this act Title 73 of the Oklahoma Statutes .
761761 E. For fiscal year 2026, and each subsequent fiscal year, the
762762 first Five Million Dollars ($5,000,0 00.00) shall be placed to the
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814814 credit of the Oklahoma Neighborhood Revitalizati on Fund created in
815815 Section 2 of this act.
816816 SECTION 5. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
817817 SECTION 6. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
818818 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
819819 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
820820 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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